ERIC Number: EJ925813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
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A Web-Based Model for Developing Assessment Literacy of Secondary In-Service Teachers
Fan, Ya-Ching; Wang, Tzu-Hua; Wang, Kuo-Hua
Computers & Education, v57 n2 p1727-1740 Sep 2011
This research investigates the effect of a web-based model, named "Practicing, Reflecting, and Revising with Web-based Assessment and Test Analysis system (P2R-WATA) Assessment Literacy Development Model," on enhancing assessment knowledge and perspectives of secondary in-service teachers, and adopts a single group experimental research design. The WATA system provides teachers with personalized learning resources and situated environment to practice assembling, administering tests on-line, and appraising test-related statistical information to reflect and revise test items. The sample consisted of forty-seven secondary in-service mathematics and science teachers in a summer program for 36 h within six weeks. This research collects and analyzes quantitative data, including the pre-test and post-test of teachers' knowledge and perspectives on assessment. The major results generally confirm the effectiveness of P2R-WATA model. Firstly, the assessment knowledge of the participants has improved after training, especially for teachers with low-level prior knowledge. Secondly, the findings also reveal that there is a significant improvement on teachers' assessment perspectives. (Contains 7 tables and 11 figures.)
Descriptors: Research Design, Test Items, Summer Programs, Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Models, Inservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Assessment, Test Construction, Student Evaluation, Educational Testing, Mathematics Teachers, Electronic Learning, Computer Software, Web Based Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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